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As a costume romance, based on real events, it is inept.

This film really does do something genuinely new with its old, grinding tropes - but once the veil has been lifted, the mask removed and the mechanics beneath all these devices exposed, no mystery remains.

Tennant’s Doc is less haunted by past events than his predecessor and more of an infectious enthusiast, but there’s no doubting the gobby Scot is very, very likeable.

A terrific soundtrack and Jamie Bell’s perfectly judged performance and charismatic persona holds it together throughout.

Emotional tension bristles from almost every frame of Charlie Manton's short drama.

It's incoherent in the extreme, the acting is pretty bad and there are heavy helpings of cheese, but for all that, it has a certain charm.

Though it has a simple story, somewhat blank acting and awkwardly choreographed fights, its every flaw corresponds perfectly with the make-up of the original series.

Overall, this comes across as a movie which has been compromised to death.

Delivers in spades what the first film only hinted at.

Absense of personality leaves Beckinsale's character in a limbo, where sex appeal is not the same as charisma.